After days and days of practice, the moment had finally arrived. On Wednesday, September 1, 1976, a microphone was switched on in a former church on Heggeranklaan in Eindhoven, and the legendary words rang out: "This is Omroep Brabant from Eindhoven." Els van Essen hosted that radio broadcast and is still full of memories. "It took them a very long time to find someone because they wanted a woman. Those journalists were all men. And of course, t…
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After days and days of practice, the moment had finally arrived. On Wednesday, September 1, 1976, a microphone was switched on in a former church on Heggeranklaan in Eindhoven, and the legendary words rang out: "This is Omroep Brabant from Eindhoven." Els van Essen hosted that radio broadcast and is still full of memories. "It took them a very long time to find someone because they wanted a woman. Those journalists were all men. And of course, t…